Acquisition of a High Field NMR Spectrometer for Undergraduate Instruction at WIU

收购FT-NMR光谱仪，以提高我们的本科课程的质量是我们的首要议程，原因如下：（i）教育署正计划修订其所有实验室课程（有机，无机，分析和物理），包括实验，并为我们的学生增加实践经验的重点，（ii）有机化学实验室课程最近进行了修改，所有新的实验都是在小规模上进行的，这次修改是为我们预期的向微型课程的转变做准备，㈢正在编制一门新的课程，强调使用现代核磁共振技术来阐明分子结构，将向我们的高年级本科生和研究生提供这门课程，（iv）参与学院的本科生─高场核磁共振波谱仪的提供也将使本学年和夏季的监督研究受益匪浅。我们已经确定了MercuryTM，一个瓦里安光谱仪，非常适合我们的教学需求。每学期大约有100名学生将有（仔细监测）动手访问该仪器。PI在NMR光谱学方面有相当丰富的经验，可以充分利用机器的所有功能来实现课程中所需的变化。

The acquisition of a FT-NMR spectrometer to augment the quality of our undergraduate curriculum is at the top of our agenda for the following important reasons: (i) The department is planning to revise all of its laboratory curriculum (organic, inorganic, analytical and physical) to include experiments with added emphasis on hands-on experience for our students, (ii) The organic chemistry laboratory course has recently been modified with all of its new experiments carried out on a small scale and this revision is in preparation for our anticipated change to a microscale curriculum, (iii) A new course emphasizing the use of a modern NMR for molecular structure elucidation is under preparation and will be offered to our advanced undergraduates and graduate students, (iv) Undergraduates involved in faculty-supervised research during the academic year and in the summer will also be benefited greatly from the availability of a high field NMR spectrometer. We have identified MercuryTM, a Varian spectrometer, as ideally suited to our pedagogical needs. Approximately 100 students per semester will have (carefully monitored) hands-on access to the instrument. The PIs have considerable experience in NMR spectroscopy and can fully utilize all the capabilities of the machine to implement the desired changes in the curriculum.